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Three bargaining units within two unions have ratified labor agreements with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â, the Office of the President announced Oct. 10.

• American Federation of Teachers, representing the university's more than 350 librarians.

• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, representing more than 20,000 employees at campuses and medical centers, in two bargaining units, one for patient care staff (such as hospital assistants and hospital laboratory technicians) and the other for service workers (such as custodians and mail processors).

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿âOP announced last week that it had reached tentative deals with two AFT units: the librarians in one and more than 3,000 lecturers in the other. The result of the lecturers ratification vote was not yet available.

A news release from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿âOP gave these highlights of the AFT contract for librarians:

• Participation in the annual academic merit program for 2011-12, for which the librarians as academic employees will be eligible just as are all nonstudent academic employees. Increases will be retroactive to July 1, 2011.
• Participation in a one-time (2011-12) salary increase program for nonrepresented faculty and staff — a program that is based on individual performance. The merit increases will be retroactive to Oct. 1.

Negotiations were limited to 2011-12 wages, under the terms of the libarians' four-year contract running through Sept. 30, 2012.

Read the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿âOP news release on the and another on the proposed agreement with the .

The AFSCME contracts expire Sept. 30, 2012, for patient care technical employees contract, and Jan. 31, 2013, for service employees. A °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿âOP news release gave these highlights from both AFSCME contracts:

Wages

• Patient care employees will receive a 3 percent wage increase for the 2010-11 year, effective Nov. 1, 2011, with a lump-sum payment representing the increase back to January 2011; and a 3 percent increase for the 2011-12 year, effective Jan. 1, 2012.
• Service employees will receive a 3 percent wage increase for the 2010-11 year, effective Nov. 1, 2011, with a lump-sum payment representing the increase back to Oct. 1, 2011; and a 3 percent increase for 2011-12, effective Oct. 1, 2012.
• Scheduled step increases will be given to eligible patient care and service employees on July 1, 2012. In addition, eligible service workers will receive scheduled step increases on July 1, 2013.
• The minimum salary for service employees will be $13.70 an hour starting Nov. 1, 2011, and $14.42 an hour starting Oct. 1, 2012.

Health care benefits

• Employees will continue to receive the same benefits and pay the same rates as the general °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â employee population. The AFSCME contracts specify 2011 rates for Health Net coverage effective Oct. 1, 2011, and 2012 rates for all plans in 2012.

Pension benefits

• Employees will contribute to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â Retirement Plan at the same rate as the general °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ¿â employee population. Contributions will be 3.5 percent of pay retroactive to July 1, 2011, and 5 percent of pay starting July 1, 2012.